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Deep in the Heart of Trouble (Trouble #2)
by
Deeanne Gist (Goodreads Author)
Texas bloomer girl Essie Spreckelmeyer (Courting Trouble) is still just trying to maintain her balance. The president of the local velocipede club has had her fair share of pratfalls, but her present situation is unusually perilous. Running her father's oil company in this male-dominated boomtown was difficult enough before arrival of handsome, headstrong Tony Morgan. A ro...more
Hardcover, 396 pages
Published
June 1st 2008
by Bethany House Publishers
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My second foray into the world of Christian historical fiction romance was as fun as the first. I read this book in a day and was thoroughly entertained.
Set in Texas during the oil boom, when bicycles are new and exciting and women who wear bloomers are still considered slightly scandalous, this book follows Essie Sprecklemeyer, the daughter of an wealthy oil baron who believes she is destined to become an old maid. In comes Tony Morgan, who has been disinherited after his competing oil baron fa...more
Set in Texas during the oil boom, when bicycles are new and exciting and women who wear bloomers are still considered slightly scandalous, this book follows Essie Sprecklemeyer, the daughter of an wealthy oil baron who believes she is destined to become an old maid. In comes Tony Morgan, who has been disinherited after his competing oil baron fa...more
I read “Courting Trouble” in 2007 and though I did not really like the book when I recently realized that a second book was published continuing the story of Essie Spreckelmeyer. In the first book(spoiler alert) Essie fall’s for a man who takes her virginity and then is run out of town. Essie turns to God and commits her life to her faith. In this book we are introduced to Tony Morgan who is also a child of an oil baron. His father dies and leaves everything to his oldest son and nothing to Tony...more
Dec 19, 2012
Emily
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Women
Recommended to Emily by:
Susan Parnell
Okay, loved book #2 Deep in the Heart of Trouble by Deeanne Gist. I wasn't the biggest fan of book #1 Courting Trouble, but this one was a page turner for me.
The book picks up 4 years after Courting Trouble, but continues to focus on Essie. This time, she's met her match with Tony Morgan.
I highly recommend this Deep in the Heart of Trouble, but even though Courting Trouble wasn't my favorite, you have to read it first. There's no way to really appreciate Deep in the Heart of Trouble if you don't...more
The book picks up 4 years after Courting Trouble, but continues to focus on Essie. This time, she's met her match with Tony Morgan.
I highly recommend this Deep in the Heart of Trouble, but even though Courting Trouble wasn't my favorite, you have to read it first. There's no way to really appreciate Deep in the Heart of Trouble if you don't...more
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After reading Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers, I decided to try out a genre I had previously avoided at all cost: Christian romance. My book searching on Amazon led me to Deanne Gist, and Deep in the Heart of Trouble seemed like a promising first try.
I enjoyed the setting very much. As a petroleum engineering student, I liked reading about the oil industry in a historical, obviously well-reasearched, context. I also liked the protagonist, Tony Bryant Morgan (even if I might have a quibble abou...more
I enjoyed the setting very much. As a petroleum engineering student, I liked reading about the oil industry in a historical, obviously well-reasearched, context. I also liked the protagonist, Tony Bryant Morgan (even if I might have a quibble abou...more
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This was definitely a quick, easy and enjoyable read. I love Essie's fiesty-ness and the way she handles problems. Overall this sequel was certainly better than the first book, and while I do have a few bones to pick with it...(view spoiler)...more
Energetic spinster Essie Spreckelmeyer is back, but this time, she's got her head on straight. After making the hugest mistake of her life, she's not about to succumb to needing another man. She and the Lord are doing just fine on their own, thank you very much.
As his father's last will and testament is read Tony Morgan finds he's been abruptly and cruelly disinherited from his portion in the family lavish oil industry. As he sets out to find his own way in the oil business, he never expect to r...more
As his father's last will and testament is read Tony Morgan finds he's been abruptly and cruelly disinherited from his portion in the family lavish oil industry. As he sets out to find his own way in the oil business, he never expect to r...more
I've read and enjoyed a couple of other books by Deeanne Gist: A Bride in the Bargain and A Bride Most Begrudging. With these two most recent reads by Gist, I really can't decide quite how I feel about them. I would say this time the Christian aspect of this Christian Historical Fiction novel is a bit more prominent, but once again, not overbearingly so. I can't quite put my finger on what it was that just quite didn't do it for me with these books compared to Gist's other books I've read.
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I was glad to find the follow up to her previous book (Courting Trouble) in my local library. I really enjoyed that one, and this one as well. Good, clean historical fiction with good lessons and storylines. I stole this blurb, word for word from Amazon, but it's a good summation:
"A Texas-Sized Tale of Unexpected Love Essie Spreckelmeyer is the last woman anyone in Corsicana, Texas, expected to see with a man on her arm. Independent and outspoken, she's known more for riding bicycles in outrageo...more
"A Texas-Sized Tale of Unexpected Love Essie Spreckelmeyer is the last woman anyone in Corsicana, Texas, expected to see with a man on her arm. Independent and outspoken, she's known more for riding bicycles in outrageo...more
I read this over the course of 3 days. It was really sweet. This is a book I had been asking the Lord to bring to me for a long time. I obtained this through the author as a donation for a charity function I am involved in every year. It was raffled off as a door prize and I won!! I gave it to my mother in law as a Christmas present. My mother in law liked this very much and she gave it to me to read before she donates it to her church library. I didn’t really know what to expect from a “Christi...more
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Deeanne Gist books are such a pleasure to read! Historical, romantic, quick and always clean. I really love both the hero and heroine of this book especially well. The hero is a cowboy oil driller who has a secret identity and the heroine is a bicycle riding, bloomer wearing feminist of her day. So fun! I found out after I read this that it is actually the second of two books but I'm sort of glad I missed the first because from what I can tell, it was kind of a downer. The only complaint I have...more
I absolutely and thoroughly enjoyed this book from the very beginning to the very end. This book flowed nicely from Courting Troubles right into this one. I was hooked from the start. There was a good variety of characters, ranging from the ones I totally loved to ones I totally despised. It was very hard to put this book down at times. The story was gripping and interesting and contained some unexpected turns. Definitely a must read! The main thing I got out of this book was no matter what circ...more
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Really, kind of 3.5 stars. 3 stars I might not read again..3.5, I might read again, 4 definite re-read. The story had some twists I wasn't sure of, but the author knew how to pull it all together and keeps you intrigued and wondering how everything will turn out. Great excuse to put up my feet and keep reading to finish it! It was nice how up-right and honorable Tony was. The prayers came in a bit contrived to me, seemed they mostly prayed in the middle of trouble, and a bit forced. Most of the...more
Even though I thought Essie was left in a good place at the end of the first book, it was still nice to revisit her story in this sequel.
As always, I enjoyed the historical aspects of this story. I'm grateful the author took so much time in her research, even if not all of it was used in the finished product. And again I was appreciative of how realistic all the characters felt in the story. The trials they faced made them more relatable, and the quirks made them memorable.
These books have been...more
As always, I enjoyed the historical aspects of this story. I'm grateful the author took so much time in her research, even if not all of it was used in the finished product. And again I was appreciative of how realistic all the characters felt in the story. The trials they faced made them more relatable, and the quirks made them memorable.
These books have been...more
Seems to be a lot of books out about feisty, independent women from the 1890s. (I would so love to visit that time!) Gist's comes back with her second in the Trouble series with her main character, sassy Essie Spreckelmeyer, an oil baron's daughter who also runs the company and a bicycle club to boot. Essie is a lot of fun and is quite happy being a single lady in her 30s (spinsterhood in those days, ye-gads)when Tony Morgan starts climbing the rungs in Spreckelmeyer oil business. Determined not...more
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I am obviously on a Deeanne Gist kick. Despite the fact that I spent much of this book singing its title to the tune of “Deep in the Heart of Texas,” I loved it.
Usually when it comes to historical fiction, I tend to gravitate toward Regency England or Revolutionary War-era America. Sometimes to significant events, like the Civil War or, as in the last Deeanne Gist novel I read, the San Francisco gold rush. But since I already know I like Gist’s books a lot, I f...more
I am obviously on a Deeanne Gist kick. Despite the fact that I spent much of this book singing its title to the tune of “Deep in the Heart of Texas,” I loved it.
Usually when it comes to historical fiction, I tend to gravitate toward Regency England or Revolutionary War-era America. Sometimes to significant events, like the Civil War or, as in the last Deeanne Gist novel I read, the San Francisco gold rush. But since I already know I like Gist’s books a lot, I f...more
The sequel to "Courting Trouble," this book had all the spark that was missing in the previous story. Four years later, Essie has moved on and accepted her spinsterhood, making a fulfilling life for herself running her bicycle club and her father's oil business. Things start to get complicated though, when Mr. Bryant comes to town and starts working for her father. Before she shows what is happening, she finds herself falling for him, but she wonders if he is really who he says he is.
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This is a continuation of "Courting Trouble" but can be read as a stand alone. Unconventional Essie Sprecklemeyer, after waiting too long for a husband to come along and having come off of a disturbing affair, turns to the Lord and accepts her singleness and Him as her Groom. However the Lord has other plans and she meets someone who can accept and stand beside her strong-willed personality. Set at the turn of century in Corsicana, Texas, we learn of the first oil drilling methods and the popula...more
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I like Essie SO much more in this book, and the change seemed natural. I do like that Essie was going to be given a family even though she had embraced not receiving one. But the subplot of the lynchings was too much. And though I liked some of the ways that Tony was different and flawed, I felt like he changed unnaturally. I don't know, I didn't completely buy into the relationship. And the way that all the loose ends tied up, with his sister's marriage and the deputy being shot and implicat...more
I like Essie SO much more in this book, and the change seemed natural. I do like that Essie was going to be given a family even though she had embraced not receiving one. But the subplot of the lynchings was too much. And though I liked some of the ways that Tony was different and flawed, I felt like he changed unnaturally. I don't know, I didn't completely buy into the relationship. And the way that all the loose ends tied up, with his sister's marriage and the deputy being shot and implicat...more
I really liked this book. In this one- sequel to Courting Trouble, Essie has grown up a little and has accepted her spinsterhood. She continues to pray to the Lord to guide her in her daily life when it comes to making choices. I could actually read about Essie continuing on in a third novel were it written. Her spunky, unpredictable for the time personality, makes for a much-enjoyable read. The author has a way of putting a lot of story in few pages and I like that. It was exciting. The way the...more
Starting this one, I didn't realize it was a sequel to Courting Trouble. I appreciated this book a TON more. I think it rates up there with the Bride Most Begrudging one and the Bride in the Bargain. I think the appeal of these books for me was the actual history that so much of it was based on and around. It was truly interesting to find out all these things about a time I know so little about.
Anyway in the end - fun books. Good author. Not all were my favorite, but again - they only took me a...more
Anyway in the end - fun books. Good author. Not all were my favorite, but again - they only took me a...more
The history was certainly interesting, but the protagonist really annoyed me! Tony was alright, but I felt like too much was too much..
I also would have liked to understand more- what is a rig? The novel assumed we readers knew most of the vocab. The minor characters were more enjoyable than the main. I almost gave up on the book, but well, I had made it so far.. And Gist always packs an interesting twist! The last pages were better than the whole thing!
I was impressed with the research though.....more
I also would have liked to understand more- what is a rig? The novel assumed we readers knew most of the vocab. The minor characters were more enjoyable than the main. I almost gave up on the book, but well, I had made it so far.. And Gist always packs an interesting twist! The last pages were better than the whole thing!
I was impressed with the research though.....more
I enjoyed this book more than the previous “Courting Trouble” book. Although it is a sequel, you don’t have to read the first (Courting Trouble) to get involved in this story, although it is nice if you want better understanding of Essie and her standing/relationship to the community. I think part of the reason why I liked it better was that Essie was no longer so naïve and more independent. She was no longer in need of having a husband and seemed to have found herself which made her much more l...more
Esther Spreckelmeyer ist gewiss nicht so, wie eine Frau damals zu sein hatte. Sie fährt Fahrrad, trägt Hosenröcke, spielt Fußball und kehrt andere Frauen das Schießen. Ganz zu schweigen davon, dass sie Inhaberin eines Fahrradclubs und Miteigentümerin von „Sullivan Oil“, einem der größten Ölkonzerne Texas’ ist. Außerdem hat sie mit ihren 34 nach wie vor keinen Ehemann und im Grunde soll das auch so bleiben, längst hat sie sich damit abgefunden.
Doch dann kommt Tony Bryant in die Stadt, der eigentl...more
Doch dann kommt Tony Bryant in die Stadt, der eigentl...more
I enjoyed this book much more than the first book in this series. For some reason Essie annoyed me in the first book. But in this one I enjoyed her spunk, although I found her to be a little more tame, maybe? Thats probably why I liked her more. Anyway, I really like how her story ended.
I loved how references were made to Mrs. Lockharts romance books throughout the book. I found that really funny. I also liked that the book followed Tony through the majority of the book. For some reason I liked...more
I loved how references were made to Mrs. Lockharts romance books throughout the book. I found that really funny. I also liked that the book followed Tony through the majority of the book. For some reason I liked...more
So I was getting to a point in the book where the plot was really wrapping up, and there was really only one (big) thing left to have happen... and there were still like 100 pages left, so I'm thinking, "Ummm... what on earth?" And then it was like, BAM! HOLY PLOT TWIST, BATMAN! I was NOT expecting that!
It was AWESOME! It was slow at work, so I was reading (in the back, fortunately—not up front with all the library patrons...) and all of a sudden I was like, "HOLY COW! This is AWESOME! I LOVE a...more
It was AWESOME! It was slow at work, so I was reading (in the back, fortunately—not up front with all the library patrons...) and all of a sudden I was like, "HOLY COW! This is AWESOME! I LOVE a...more
Deep in the Heart of Trouble
By Deeanne Gist
Published by Bethany House
ISBN# 978-0-7642-0226-1
396 pages
Back Cover: A Texas – sized tale of unexpected Love. Essie Spreckelmeyer is the last woman anyone in Corsican, Texas, expected to see with a man on her arm. Independent and outspoken, She’s known more for riding bicycles in outrageous bloomers than for catching a man’s eye.
And the last man who seems willing to give her a second glance is Tony Morgan, newly hired at Spreckelmeyer’s oil company. Th...more
By Deeanne Gist
Published by Bethany House
ISBN# 978-0-7642-0226-1
396 pages
Back Cover: A Texas – sized tale of unexpected Love. Essie Spreckelmeyer is the last woman anyone in Corsican, Texas, expected to see with a man on her arm. Independent and outspoken, She’s known more for riding bicycles in outrageous bloomers than for catching a man’s eye.
And the last man who seems willing to give her a second glance is Tony Morgan, newly hired at Spreckelmeyer’s oil company. Th...more
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Deeanne Gist—known to her family, friends, and fans as Dee—has rocketed up the bestseller lists and captivated readers everywhere with her original historical and contemporary romances. A favorite among readers and reviewers alike, her popular titles include A Bride Most Begrudging, A Bride in the Bargain, and Maid to Match. Her latest book, It Happened at the Fair, is her ninth published novel.
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